During the pandemic Dead To Me creator Liz Feldman discovered just how competitive the real estate market is when she started looking for a new home in her Los Feliz neighborhood. Nestled in Los Angeles, the charming southern California hillside enclave is adjacent to Hollywood and encompasses part of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is known for its rich topography, gorgeous views, and beautiful homes ranging from the low to high millions. It’s the perfect place to settle down and raise a family. The competition among buyers to win over sellers there sparked something in her personality that surprised her.…

Arkansas has experienced major growth and transformation over the last half-century, and now home to many major corporate headquarters, like Walmart, Tyson Foods, Murphy USA, J.B. Hunt, and Dillard’s, to name a few. This massive influx of businesses has, not surprisingly, changed the socio-economic scene significantly from where it was some decades ago. Indeed, the commuter towns near these corporate headquarters are among the wealthiest in the state. Recently, we’ve been analyzing states in terms of their ZIP codes and which ones are the most expensive, in terms of home values. We’ve been exploring the U.S. South lately, such as…

Recently, we investigated which were the most expensive ZIP codes in North Carolina. Now, we’ve moved up to North Carolina’s northern neighbor, Virginia. When it comes to geographic units, Virginia is an interesting place. It has counties like most other states, but it also has tons and tons of independent cities that double as counties functionally. Fortunately, Virginia is not unique in that the state is divided up into ZIP codes. Read on to find out the most expensive ZIP codes in Virginia in 2024, based on the latest data from Zillow’s home value index. The Most Expensive ZIP Codes…

Nashville, Tenn. is known for more than music these days. The Nashville metropolitan region has been named one of the fastest-growing areas in the nation for 2024. The swift growth has been accompanied by stressors afflicting the city’s infrastructure, including its housing supply. Nashville news outlets have reported the city’s chronic homeless population grew by 43% between March 2023 and the same month this year. According to an estimate by the city’s 2021 Affordable Housing Task Force, Nashville needs to add more than 53,000 new housing units this decade. Some 18,000 of those residences must be affordable, according to the…

In 2025, the New York City real estate market might finally hit its stride after nearly three years of decline. What’s in store for Manhattan and Brooklyn? Drawing on the trends from late 2024, here are five predictions that will define the year ahead: #1: More Buyers This past fall ended as the most active fall season since 2021, bucking nearly two-and-a-half years of sluggish trends triggered by rising mortgage rates starting in early 2022. This year’s fall capped a pivotal shift, with sentiment indicators, such as the ratio of successful to unsuccessful listings or the ratio of demand to…

Whether you are entertaining this holiday season (or beyond) or looking for a fantastic gift for your favorite host, tabletop gifts are sure to please. So, we curated some of the best. From glassware to serveware, platters, and beyond, these entertainment essentials are sure to make any foodie grateful for your presence this year. Elizabeth Sutton Collection Tableware Artist Elizabeth Sutton has unveiled a stunning collection of tableware featuring ten unique designs inspired by her signature artwork. With timeless black and white patterns to nature-inspired butterflies and florals, each set features plates, bowls, and coordinating napkins and placemats. Whether you…

Every winter, the world’s design authorities share their color choices for the upcoming year. One of the top firms in this space, Pantone, just announced that its 2025 Color of the Year is Mocha Mousse (17-1230) and described it this way: “A warming, brown hue imbued with richness. It nurtures us with its suggestion of the delectable qualities of chocolate and coffee, answering our desire for comfort.” And who couldn’t use some comfort this season? Is this a color you’d embrace for your own home – or that of your clients? Should you? And if so, how and where should…

Do you know one or more of the many would-be buyers who can’t afford to enter the housing market? Given still-high interest rates and a dearth of existing homes, they are in a tough spot. But for some of these people, there’s an offsetting upside. They might be able to justify an amenitized, higher-end apartment community, and wind up enjoying a superior quality of life than they might in a for-sale first home. A study out today from CBRE revealed what the authors described as “a significant affordability gap” between homeownership and renting. There exists a yawning gulf of 35%…

America is in the grip of a housing shortage, with a staggering 4.5 million homes needed to meet demand. Meanwhile, sprawling malls across the country are facing a bleak future, with nearly 34 million square feet of retail space vacant. For innovative developers and entrepreneurs, defunct malls represent an extraordinary opportunity: turning old shopping places into modern residential spaces. For realtors, renters and potential home buyers, it’s time to meet at the mall. The Case for Mall-to-Rental Conversions: Housing and Rental Options For developers, the appeal of malls lies in their size, location, and existing infrastructure. Most malls are surrounded…

The U.S. needs to build much faster and much cheaper. Steel magnate Barry Zekelman is gambling $1 billion of his family’s money that he can churn out prefab apartment complexes to meet that demand. By Amy Feldman, Forbes Staff It’s 108 degrees in mid-afternoon in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, and steel billionaire Barry Zekelman is showing off his housing factory. At one end of the factory, hollow structural steel from one of Zekelman’s steel plants comes in, at the other the “modules” that will be stacked into apartment complexes go out. Zekelman points to an area where the steel…